This was not the way to deal with the issue, he said, especially at a time when there was a housing crisis, he told Newstalk Breakfast.

The action has been brought by Mr Gabriel MacGrath who claims that he is the subject of an alleged conspiracy and an alleged concentrated effort to marginalise and ultimately remove him from his job

The Construction Industry Federation welcomed suggestions by the Climate Change Advisory Council that the Government should focus more on smaller-scale measures in response to the energy crisis